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Charlotte Niekamp


Main focus: climate crisis & agriculture

Languages: German, English, French

City: Verden

Country: Germany

Topics: social movements, villages, rural life, agriculture, climate, climate change, climate justice

Bio:

Charlotte Niekamp is a peasant farmer and market gardener from Niedersachsen, Germany. She studied landscape ecology, focusing on the interrelations between social and ecological systems. Charlotte Niekamp has been active in the climate justice movement since 2009 with a focus on community organizing and public relations, and is advocating for farmers' rights and a higher valuation of peasant agriculture.

Charlotte has helped organize the climate camp in the Rhineland and strengthen relationships to people directly affected by lignite mining with the community organization "Alle Dörfer bleiben!". She has initiated and is a part of various local as well as nationwide organizations, working on topics such as climate justice, strategies for social movements, regenerative agriculture, migration and equality.

Examples of previous talks / appearances:

Podiumsdiskussion "Gesellschaft gerechter gestalten – aber wie?"

Inputs zur sozial-ökologischen Transformation und Diskussion mit Dennis Eversberg (DFG-Kolleg Postwachstum Uni Jena) und Brototi Roy (Research & Degrowth / Degrowth India), moderiert von Nina Treu (Konzeptwerk für Neue Ökonomie) im Rahmen der Degrowth Sommerschule 2018 auf dem Klimacamp Leipziger Land, Pödelwitz

This talk is in: German
Zukunft für alle – Die Zukunft des Ernährungssystems

Interview zur Zukunft des Ernährungssystems im Rahmen des Projekts "Zukunft für alle" des Konzeptwerks für Neue Ökonomie, November 2019

This talk is in: German
Beziehungen der Klimagerechtigkeit

Gemeinsamer Vortrag mit Mai-Britt Ruff für die Jour-Fixe Initiative Berlin in der Veranstaltungsreihe "...und nicht vergessen: Solidarität" am 05.05.2019

This talk is in: German
Input: Caring for Peasantry

Input and panel discussion for the session "Transforming Food Systems" at Leverage Points 2019: International conference on sustainability research and transformation, Lüneburg, Germany, 6 - 8 February 2019

This talk is in: English
Atélier: Les outils du changement

Soirée avec mini-conférences et discussions autour l'organisation collective, communication et stratégies pour faire avancer collectivement la transition écologique, à Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France

This talk is in: French
Bis zum letzten Tropfen Öl?

Gemeinsamer Vortrag mit Nikos Saul und Diskussionsrunde zu neuen Erdölförderstandorten in Scheeßel, Niedersachsen am 10.01.2014 und Buchvorstellung "Peak Oil – Die Herausforderung lokaler Erdölabhängigkeit am Beispiel Münster", Niekamp et al, Münster 2013

This talk is in: German